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Letters Patent No. 68,790, d ated September 10, 14867. i

IMPROVEMENT IN FEIIcEs` dite tlgrhule tefertex tuin time litters ttent tnt milking part nf tttstma T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I,".IHOMAS D. READ, .of Aberdeen, in the county of O hio, and in the State of'lndiana., have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences; and doherebydcclurethat the .following is a. full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. In the annexed drawings, making part of this specification` A A represent the panels of a portable fence, which are constructed in any of the known and usual ways. Then these panels are set up the end rails of contiguous panels stand side by side with their bottoms resting y g in a slot in a bed-piece, B. The bedpiece has one portion of its slot dove-tailed, and afterthe panels have been placed in it a. wedge, C, is driven in by their side to` make them fast. One side of the wedge is formed to correspond with the dove-tailed side ofthe slot. The upper ends of the end rails ofthe panels lie against each other,and two pins are passed through obliquely to the pfmelsund at right angles to each other.. A These pins' bind the panels sccurelytogether at their upper ends, while they are bound together at their lower ends by the wedge C. These wedges and pins make a very simple and effective fastening, and with them the panels of va portable fence can be securely and quickly puttogether. l

What I clairu as new, and desire to secure byv Letters Patent, is I The pins D D, which connect the panels A A at the top, as described, used in combination with the bedpieces B, with their wedges C, in the manner set forth.

In .testimony that I claim the foregoing invention I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of May, 1867.

THOMAS Dt READ.

Witnesses IsAAc H. LITTLEFIELD, 

